I need to hand it off to the next hour with jose diazbalart who picks up our breaking News Coverage right now. Good morning. We begin with breaking news. Former nfl star o. J. Simpson who was acquitted in one of the most famous murder trials in American History has died at the age of 76. His Family Posting on his x account this morning saying he succumbed to his battle with cancer yesterday. Joining us Now Msnbc Anchor , Chris Jansing. What do we know about this . Well, we dont know a lot. A short statement was put up by his family that he had succumbed to cancer but the announcement o. J. Simpson has died is sure to send ripples through much of america who remember this incredibly gifted Football Hero who became a guest as the guest said in the last hour a bona fide movie star, someone on commercials, someone who was at football games. He was ubiquitous throughout america and crossed all racial lines. The idea that he might murder his wife came as the most incredible shock for anyone
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this closely. nick, what are you seeing and hearing about how the polls are going? what are you seeing from voters there? reporter: well, this voting station has been open since 6:00 a.m., and it s been, i would say, a trickle because arizonans do love to vote early. we ve got a little bit of analysis of those early votes, which suggests that turnout will be high. one analyst has actually said democratic turnout in certain precincts is, quote, gangbusters. that ll give us an indication as to how people are engaged for the midterms. and if they re going to take the senate, they really, really need this seat. it is attainable. donald trump won arizona by 3.6%. around 35% of registered voters here are registered as independents. there s a lot of middle ground to fight for. on the democratic side, the congresswoman looks to have that
former state senator kelli ward, who joined the campaign trail with controversial figures from the right. and joe arpaio, former sheriff of maricopa county, who got the pardon from president trump. and congresswoman martha mcsally, the establishment candidate who appears to be the front runner. 26 years in uniform. she s taken the fight to the enemy and the establishment. my friend, martha mcsally, she s the real deal. she s tough. like our president, i m tired of p.c. politicians and their bs excuses. i m a fighter pilot, and i talk like one. someone else talked like a fighter pilot. his name was john mccain. look at that. a fighter pilot turned politician in arizona. mcsally sounds, looks, feels like someone who would be a mccain republican, right? as you saw there, she s wrapping her arms really tightly around donald trump. let s get straight to arizona. cnn s nick watt is following